Video: Nikhil Wagle inrviewing Balasaheb Thackeray on IBN Lokmat

Full video interview of Balasaheb Thackeray by Nikhil Wagle on IBN Lokmat on 13th Feb 2012.

Kanika Tiwari : Hritik Roshan's Sister in AGNEEPATH - Photos and Videos

Kanika Tiwari, a 15-year-old girl from Sharda Vidya Mandir in Bhopal, is a lucky girl. She was selected to perform the role of superstar Hrithik Roshan's sister in the much-talked about 'Agneepath' movie as Shiksha.

 

Interview of  Kanika Tiwari from movie Agnnepath as Hritik Roshan's Sister (Shiksha sister of Vijay Deenanath Chauhan)

Cartoons by Raj Thackeray (caricature collection)

Here is some collection of cartoons sketched by Raj Thakeray. These cartoon by Raj Thakeray includes Mahatma Gandi, Indira Gandhi, Lata Mangeshkar, M F Hussain, Pawar, Balasaheb Thakeray ... and list goes on...

 

State Bank of India's Gift for New Year

Country's largest public sector bank State Bank of India has given its customers the very big gift for the new year 2012. Now customers can get a home loan at 50 per cent discount on processing fees. So they will have only half the fee.

Bank fees Rs. 20,000 for  Rs 75 lakh home loan borrowers has been reduced to Rs 10,000. Similarly, for 30 to 50 lakhs amount, its Rs 6,500. However, for lesser amount of loan, procession fee will be 0.25 percent.

With this 50 lakhs loan from the State Bank, the processing fee will be only Rs 6,500, while ICICI Bank and Axis Bank its Rs 25,000 and HDFC Bank takes Rs 10,000.

EMERGING SCENARIO OF BANKING INDUSTRY : CHALLENGES & COMPETITIVENESS

Banking is as old as our civilization. The ancient Romans developed an advanced banking system to serve their vast trade network, which extended throughout Europe, Asia and much of Africa in 395 A.D. The Roman Empire split later into eastern and western sections. The west Roman Empire fell in the late 400 A.D. and most of the trade and financial networks were destroyed and banking almost diapered from Western Europe. However the Justinian code, a collection of laws issued in 500 A.D in the east Roman Empire included many banking laws. 

Modern banking began to develop between the 1200's and 1600's in Italy. Earlier the bankers conducted their banking business sitting on a bench in the streets, which was known as BANCO or BANCA in Italy. Later large banking firms were established in Florence, Rome, Venice and other Italian cities and banking activities slowly spread through out Europe. Since 1960' s banking has become much more international in 

Mumbai based Podar International School asks 840 students to buy iPads

Podar International School, Santa Cruz, has instructed all its students to buy iPads to impart education.
Vandana Lulla, school director-principal, issued a circular last week that claims the management’s decision to use the Apple iPad 2 in the classroom has been welcomed by parents. Some parents, however, feel the move is impractical, distractive and may hamper the growth of students.

The circular states, “Parents now have the choice of either purchasing the iPad 2 from the school on an outright basis or avail of a financial scheme on offer. You also need to indicate if it will be purchased by you on your own.” The school has told the parents to indicate their choice to help them negotiate bulk orders.
The parent of a class II student said, “There has been no consensus on the issue among parents. I am opposed to the move as it will hamper, rather than aid a kid’s education. I would prefer my kid to learn and write using traditional methods, instead of exposing him to advanced gadgets at a tender age. In fact, the school has a good information & technology infrastructure that is sufficient to upgrade a student’s skills.”
Another parent said, “I will shift my student to another school as it is purely a moneymaking racket. It is an irrational decision as examinations will be conducted using the conventional format.”

Sunny Leone in Big Boss 5 : Lehenga Choli Entry

Indo-Canadian star Sunny Leone has landed in into the "Bigg Boss" house in traditional Indian attire.

The 30-year-old, who was born as Karen Malhotra, wore a heavily embroidered lehanga-choli and accessorized it with traditional Hindu 'mang tika'. Sunny made her entry into the house Saturday in a  special Doli.


She danced on bollywood track track "Chaliya Chaliya" from the movie "Tashan".